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Forum: The Books
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![]() I've recently been wondering what would have happened if Faramir had gone to Rivendell instead of Boromir, as should have happened. Obviously he would not have tried to steal the Ring from Frodo but... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() I love many of the chapter titles. Have you noticed that the first chapter of LotR, "A Long-Expected Party," harkens back to the first chapter of The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party"? Also Chapter 6... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() No one has at yet responded to a much earlier question about the meaning of the word 'fell,' which is frequently used when describing the people of Rohan. My admittedly American dictionary describes... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() I'm afraid I do not entirely understand your question, but it is a fascinating subject, so please explain! |
Forum: The Books
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 18
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![]() I think that my realization of the emotional nature of the beauty in LotR, book and film, has opened not necessarily my eyes but my emotions to beauty and painful beauty. I've found myself tearing... |
Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 35
Views: 9,367
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![]() I think that my realization of the emotional nature of the beauty in LotR, book and film, has opened not necessarily my eyes but my emotions to beauty and painful beauty. I've found myself tearing... |
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
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Replies: 125
Views: 20,318
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![]() Legolas (n): to cause a wide variety of people to become completely (and unjustly) frustrated with an originally excellent character due to illogical nazgirl behaviour rather than with the nazgirls... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers
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![]() I am no expert in archery, but perhaps shooting someone through the throat is a more sure way of making sure he dies? |
Forum: The Books
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![]() Then to the wonder of many Aragorn did not put the crown upon his head, but gave it back to Faramir, and said: 'By the loabour and valour of many I have come into my inheritance. In token of this I... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() Elenquesse, I agree, but let me expand a little. Did not Arwen give up her immortality? Did she not give up what made her an Elf? (Correct me if I am wrong.) She could no longer sail to Valinor. ... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() So have I, and I have always been a little disappointed at not being able to find out more about him and about Dol Amroth. Can you tellm e anything else of him? |
Forum: The Books
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![]() Lyta, thank you for your post! I love that quote from RotK, and I had completely forgotten about it when I started the thread. Tolkien does indeed express much better than I can exactly what I... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() The more I read Tolkien, the more certain things strike me with a pain because of their beauty. There are of all his books that are both painful and beautiful, and the two feelings are combined into... |
Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 35
Views: 9,367
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![]() The more I watch LotR, the more certain things strike me with a pain because of their beauty. There are things in the movies that are both painful and beautiful, and the two feelings are combined... |
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
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Views: 10,387
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![]() There is a town in Italy called Turin, of the Shroud of Turin fame. |
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
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Views: 10,387
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![]() There is a splendid movie with a very young Robert Redford in it called "The Sting," and one of the main characters is named Henry Gondor. Since I saw it before ever reading LoTR, I always think of... |
Forum: The Books
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Views: 10,095
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![]() Davem, I really like what you had to say about the Ring here. I agree with your insights about it and about Faramir and Boromir. |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 28
Views: 10,095
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Corwyn Celesil
![]() To get back to the original idea of this thread (though the discussion of Faramir and co. is quite grand!), I just realized that Sam also had the chance to take the Ring, an even better chance than... |
Forum: The Movies
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![]() I liked Pippin's singing--nay, I loved it. It was one of the best cinematographical pieces in the movie. <BR>The part I hated the most was, as others have mentioned before, Frodo sending Sam away. ... |
Forum: The Books
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Views: 10,095
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![]() Denethor did indeed love Faramir to an extent, but I doubt Faramir ever knew it. I can somewhat understand the movie makers' desire to emphasize the psychological effect that such favoritism as... |
Forum: The Books
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![]() This is not a movie question, though I will make reference to the LoTR movies. In the movie appendices to The Two Towers, one of the writers states that she thought Faramir's 'easy' refusal of the... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers
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![]() I've never much liked anime, but I loved these pictures! The one of Elrond was especially marvelous. |
Forum: The Books
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Corwyn Celesil
![]() I believe I have heard the same, that farther is the indicator of distance. I have just looked it up in a dictionary (Websters Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary), and it has a note that says this:... |
Forum: The Books
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Corwyn Celesil
![]() They turned the Hornburg into a place of flight and refuge instead of Erkenbrand's fortress in the second movie and had Theoden refuse to listen to Aragorn and Gandalf and to lead his men out against... |
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